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Airport terminal may not be ready for Krishna Pushkaram

AAI official says construction will be completed by December 2016

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu advised the Airports
Authority of India (AAI) to complete the construction of new terminal
building by August 2016 to meet the rush of passengers during Krishna
Pushkaram to be held next year. He made this suggestion after laying
foundation stone for the terminal at Gannavaram airport last month.

But
the AAI seems to be missing the deadline set by Mr. Naidu as works are
likely to begin in December second week after necessary clearances come
from the headquarters in New Delhi on the design of terminal building,
said sources.

Contract has already been awarded for
the Rs.137 crore project and design of the building was submitted to
senior officials in New Delhi for approval.

“Once we
get clearance from the headquarters, we will commence works from second
week of December,” said a senior official. The new facility is coming up
in 9,700 square metres land. “It is difficult to complete the work by
August 2016 to meet the rush during Krishna Pushkaram due to various
technical reasons,” an official said adding that the construction would
be completed by December 2016.

According to
officials, the occupancy ratio was 10.5 per cent between 2013-14 and
2014-15 but it has gone up to 103 per cent between April and September
this year. They said the new building will have state-of-the-art
passenger amenities such as baggage handling system, inclined arrival
baggage claim carousels, check-in counters with common use terminal
equipment and sufficient car parking area.

It is difficult to complete the work by August 2016 to meet the rush during Krishna Pushkaram due to various technical reasons